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A birthday card featuring a leaf spray on an alcohol inked background and made using Stampin' Up! product

Artistically Pink

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I have been having fun playing with Blends Markers and Alcohol………such fun, add in the Inspiring Canopy Dies and I have one gorgeous inked canopy card.

Colours used in this project are:

 

To recreate the Inked Canopy card, you will need:

Thick Basic card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛”
Basic Black card – 5⅝” by 3⅞”
Basic White card – 5⅜” by 3⅝” x 2, one for the inside
Vellum – 5⅝” by 3⅞”
Basic Black card – ½” strip

 

A birthday card featuring a leaf spray on an alcohol inked background and made using Stampin' Up! product

The Blessings of Home stamp set by Stampin’ Up! used for the Ink. Stamp. Share Blog Hop

Using the Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine and the Artistic Dies, I die cut the spray of leaves from the panel of Basic Black, taking care not to get close to the edges.

 

A birthday card featuring a leaf spray on an alcohol inked background and made using Stampin' Up! product

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Blessings of Home stamp set by Stampin’ Up! used for the Ink. Stamp. Share Blog Hop

I used the following dark Blends Markers – Magenta Madness, Blackberry Bliss, Night of Navy and Fresh Freesia to scribble blocks of colour onto the Vellum. I dipped an almost empty Clear Wink of Stella Brush to splatter and dab 90% alcohol onto the Vellum allowing the ink to spread and pool. The panel was then set aside to dry.

 

A birthday card featuring a leaf spray on an alcohol inked background and made using Stampin' Up! product

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Blessings of Home stamp set by Stampin’ Up! used for the Ink. Stamp. Share Blog Hop

When the Vellum was dry, I trimmed off ¼” from the side and the bottom to decorate the inside panel and the envelope. The Vellum was then added to one the Basic White panels using tiny dabs of Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

 

A birthday card featuring a leaf spray on an alcohol inked background and made using Stampin' Up! product

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Blessings of Home stamp set by Stampin’ Up! used for the Ink. Stamp. Share Blog Hop

The panel was then added to the Basic Black panel using the same liquid glue. I used Dimensionals to add the panel to the Magenta Madness card base.

 

A birthday card featuring a leaf spray on an alcohol inked background and made using Stampin' Up! product

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Blessings of Home stamp set by Stampin’ Up! used for the Ink. Stamp. Share Blog Hop

The sentiment from the Artistically Inked stamp set was stamped in Versamark ink onto the strip of Basic Black card. I covered it with White Embossing Powder and heat set it with a Heat Tool. I flagged the end and added the sentiment to the card front with liquid glue.

 

A birthday card featuring a leaf spray on an alcohol inked background and made using Stampin' Up! product

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Blessings of Home stamp set by Stampin’ Up! used for the Ink. Stamp. Share Blog Hop

I love this card; The colours work so well together and I especially love the slight sparkle the Clear Wink of Stella has given to the Vellum. So pretty.

 

A birthday card featuring a leaf spray on an alcohol inked background and made using Stampin' Up! product

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Blessings of Home stamp set by Stampin’ Up! used for the Ink. Stamp. Share Blog Hop

Such a striking card, I hope you like it.

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Details of the products I used for this project can be found below.

Mo x

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Scraps of alcohol inked vellum used to make a pretty double butterfly themed card using the Brilliant Wings dies

Double Butterfly card

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Today I have made a pretty double butterfly card made using alcohol inked vellum left over from my class projects last month (see the post on the 17th September 2021).

Colours used in this project are:

To recreate the double butterfly card, you will need:

Magenta Madness card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” – rounded upper right corner
Daffodil Delight card – 5 ½” by 3 ¾” – rounded upper right corner
Basic White card – 5⅜” by 3⅝” – rounded upper right corner
Basic White card – 5 ½” by 3 ¾” – rounded upper right corner – for the inside
Vellum – big enough to die cut your butterflies

I used Magenta Madness, Dark Pumpkin Pie and Dark Daffodil Delight Blends Alcohol Markers to scribble blocks of colour all over the Vellum taking care not to overlap the colours which would contaminate the lighter colour nibs.

Scraps of alcohol inked vellum used to make a pretty double butterfly themed card using the Brilliant Wings dies

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty double butterfly themed card made using scraps of Vellum which had been inked with alcohol

Using a pipette filled with 91% Isopropyl Alcohol and smacked it against a Bone Folder to spray small dots of alcohol all over the Vellum. This allows the ink to start spreading. The Vellum piece was then set aside to dry.

 

Scraps of alcohol inked vellum used to make a pretty double butterfly themed card using the Brilliant Wings dies

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty double butterfly themed card made using scraps of Vellum which had been inked with alcohol

Using second generation Smoky Slate ink I stamped one of the rectangle images from the Watercolor Shapes stamp set in the centre of the smaller Basic White panel. The dotty image was stamped in full strength Smoky Slate randomly across the stamped rectangle.

 

Scraps of alcohol inked vellum used to make a pretty double butterfly themed card using the Brilliant Wings dies

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty double butterfly themed card made using scraps of Vellum which had been inked with alcohol

Taking the dry vellum panel and the Brilliant Wings Dies I die cut 2 butterflies. Vellum can be tricky to die cut with a detailed die and I find placing the die, cutting side up gives me the best cut. I used the Take Your Pick Die Brush to get out the fiddly pieces.

Scraps of alcohol inked vellum used to make a pretty double butterfly themed card using the Brilliant Wings dies

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty double butterfly themed card made using scraps of Vellum which had been inked with alcohol

The sentiment from the Artistically Inked stamp set was stamped in Magenta Madness ink. The stamped panel was then glued to the Daffodil Delight layer with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive and added to the Magenta Madness card front using the same liquid glue.

Scraps of alcohol inked vellum used to make a pretty double butterfly themed card using the Brilliant Wings dies

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A pretty double butterfly themed card made using scraps of Vellum which had been inked with alcohol

The butterflies were added to the card front on Mini Glue Dots and the card decorated with a trio of 2021 – 2023 In Color Jewels.

I hope you like it.

Order goodies/Join My Team

If you don’t have a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator I would love to be yours!  If you don’t have a catalogue and live in the UK, please let me know and I will be delighted to send you one.  To order any supplies click on the “shop online” button at the top of the page. Alternatively, contact me and I would be happy to place an order for you. To join my team either click on the link above or click on the contact me button above and I will contact you with more information.

Details of the products I used for this project can be found below.

Mo x

Supplies used: